Since the last update, when I click on the "Auto" / "Manual" buttons in the lights section, I get this dialog..
Not entirely sure what that language is, but it certainly does not match the language in my OS and it happens like this across all devices I have used. Including my computer at work. Pretty sure I don't have whatever Germanic language this is set on my work computer, I'd never get anything done...
I just loaded reef-pi-4.3-pi3.deb on a zero w running bullseye and it loads and so far appears to be running fine...lol. Maybe something is different with bullseye vs buster? I do not have a rpi3 to test on but tested the -pi3 on a zero.
I dunno, maybe something has changed, would make managing images a whole lot easier...
Yup I think that used to be an issue but I do not think it is any longer, especially with the new zero2 I think the cpu architecture is the same as a rpi3 so the issue would only be for the original zero. I'm not sure how to verify the issue exists or what performance penalties you may have with go but I just thought if it works then it would be nice to get to one image.
Yup I think that used to be an issue but I do not think it is any longer, especially with the new zero2 I think the cpu architecture is the same as a rpi3 so the issue would only be for the original zero. I'm not sure how to verify the issue exists or what performance penalties you may have with go but I just thought if it works then it would be nice to get to one image.
Ouch, dang I've yet to fry one and I can say that I have not been the most easiest on them, how did that happen?
Zero 2?
Yes, I want to have something like this (initial setup wizard) along side WiFi hotspot configuration in reef-pi. That will allow users to setup without any ssh login.I have been helping @robsworld78 with his initial loading script (well I hope I have been of some help,lol) and I think it goes a long way to automate the initial loading things up but it got me thinking about how we can move this to the next stage for the end user. It doesn't need to go to that next stage but there are a lot of users that are not tech savvy etc, that just want to plug something in and use it. To that end here are some of the things that I think if we could set via the reef-pi interface would move us to more of an appliance type setup vs the setup that we have today:
Critical
tzdata (need the ability to set,update, modify)
pi user password (ability to set, update, modify)
update the OS software
Nice to have
Hostname (ability to set, update, modify)
Wireless networking is pretty straightforward since the image contains a blank wpa_supplicant.conf file in the /boot directory and they just add the SSID and PSK to join the network, now knowing what the address turns out to be is another issue and need to think more about that. I always use a DHCP reservation for the given mac address but how do all of the IOT devices handle it, there is probably an easier way but something to consider.
I think with a few additions to the admin screen where it allows a user to do everything through the web would possibly open things up to more users, food for thought.
I can't speak for gary but I have a plain old original zero running since yesterday loaded with the -3.deb and it started up without a squeak and has been running fine...why I asked the question, something has changed and the -3.deb seems to run just fine on a old zero now.
Agree I think that would be pretty slick and allow more users to use them, more plug and play. I understand the linux side of things but not the go side, if there is something that I could help with etc, I'm willing to help out. I will look into some other wizard type things and see what they may have in common. I made my son a stratux adsb receiver last summer and it did a wifi hotspot for it's configuration, I will poke around there and see how they did it, runs on a pi3 - http://stratux.me/
Yeah I agree I am a *nix guy also and live on the cli for a lot of my time and it's really the easiest thing for me to deal with but there are a lot of users that just want to plug something in and configure like a normal appliance. Some of the rpi configuration stuff you can enable within an image, but the timezone, networking etc need some other way to get to them besides the CLI. I think with several of the board options the hardware options are available its how do we get the software to that next step. I was just working on some configuration scripts and just was thinking about it.
